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Time and Chronology in Creation Narratives

158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

158 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book explores the ways in which the origins of time, of the gods, and processes associated with time were conceptualised in antiquity, examining a variety of ancient sources from across the ancient world and addressing issues surrounding the sources themselves. Time is a key framework through which we understand the world around us. Shared structures to measure the passage of time reveal... Read more

Introduction - Silvie Kilgallon and Fiona Mitchell; 1. Time in Creation Narratives: Some Philosophical Perspectives - Duncan F. Kennedy; 2. Time and Creation in the Timaeus - Ondřej Krása; 3. Models of Chronology in Akkadian Creation Narratives - Ivo Martins; 4. Divine Bodies and the Chronology of Creation in the Orphic Theogonies - Fiona Mitchell; 5. Chronos Apeiros: Zurvān and Zurvanism in Pre-Sasanian Greek Sources - Giorgio Paolo Campi; 6. Notes on the (Re)creative Figure of the Orphic Zeus - Anna Lucia Furlan; 7. Rotation and Temporality in Some Indo-European Mythologies - N. J. Allen; 8. Chronology and Identity: Hesiod’s Myth of the Races - Catherine Rozier.